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Cedric Mizero was born and raised in a small village called Gishoma in the Western Province of Rwanda. Since he was a teenager he enjoyed experimenting with his clothes and try styles that would catch the eye of the community around him. In 2012 he moved to Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, where he started to interact with fashion designers and artists that supported him in his initial experimentation with conceptual art and fashion creation. A self-taught artist, Cedric enjoys observing and exchanging with other artists and artisans to learn from their techniques and hard work to stay inspired and motivated with his own development. He chooses to mix disciplines in his work, experimenting with paint, textures, fabrics and still objects, allowing himself to navigate freely through feelings and emotions to bring to his art a voice for love.

Cedric feels a very deep connection with nature, culture and people, and his inspiration emerge from the emotional and sensory experiences with his surroundings and the beauty around the small instants of the day-to-day. His Fashion for All long-term project is part of an artistic commitment to draw people’s attention to the often-invisible humans of the rural and poor areas of Rwanda. Fashion for All puts at the center of Cedric’s fashion collections the women and men of the village, inviting people to reflect about the value of each individual and their right to access and enjoy fashion regardless of their age, size, social or economic status. Under the Fashion for All umbrella project, fashion collections presented in art installation settings include Strong Women (2017) and Beauty in the Heart (2018).

This year Cedric Mizero has been selected to participate in the International Fashion Showcase 2019 as one of the 16 finalists out of 200+ applications from young fashion designers around the world. The prestigious International Fashion Showcase is a partnership between the British Council, The British Fashion Council, London College of Fashion and Somerset House and it showcases every year the work of the most exciting emerging fashion designers from around the world. Bringing cutting edge fashion design to London, IFS invites us to explore different cultures and consider current world issues through fashion.